Linebacker Connor Barwin, who recently signed with the Philadelphia Eagles, doesn’t agree with the notion that a teammate who revealed he is gay would be a distraction.

After a CBSSports.com recently reported a current player is considering coming out, Seahawks defensive end Chris Clemons tweeted it would a “selfish” act because of the distraction it would cause. Clemons also said it would “immediately separate a locker room and divide a team.”

"I don't think it would be selfish," Barwin told USA Today. "As a heterosexual man, I can't speak to what it must feel like to be gay in the NFL. I don't know what somebody goes through. I imagine it’s very hard to go through. So I would support that teammate no matter what.

"I don't think it would be a distraction. And even if it was, the NFL has distractions in every locker room. You would work through it like anything else. If somebody had a problem with a teammate being gay, they would realize very quickly that it was something they could get over."

Barwin, 26, who played his first four years with Houston, is one of several NFL players who belong to the Athlete Ally Ambassador program, an organization that promotes LGBT tolerance and equality in the sports community.